About Ernest Gellner is a scholar working on
Political Science and International Relations ,
Sociology and Political Science and
Anthropology .
According to data from OpenAlex, Ernest Gellner has authored 194 papers receiving a total of 8.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in
Political Science and International Relations , 22 papers in
Sociology and Political Science and 14 papers in
Anthropology . Recurrent topics in Ernest Gellner's work include
Islamic Studies and History (9 papers),
Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender (7 papers) and
Soviet and Russian History (7 papers). Ernest Gellner is often cited by papers focused on Islamic Studies and History (9 papers), Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender (7 papers) and Soviet and Russian History (7 papers). Ernest Gellner collaborates with scholars based in
United Kingdom ,
United States and
Austria . Ernest Gellner's co-authors include
Geoff Eley ,
Michael Carrithers ,
Charles Kurzman ,
John Waterbury ,
Berton H. Kaplan ,
Steven Lukes ,
Ghiță Ionescu ,
Theodore Saloutos ,
Richard Handler and
Michael Polanyi and has published in prestigious journals such as
Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews ,
American Sociological Review and
Social Forces .
Overview Impact Standout Papers Peers Geography Research Space Co-Authors Works Hit Papers Nations and Nationalism. 1960 2026 1982 2004 1984 1986 1960 1977 1970 1000 2.0k 3.0k Peers Ernest Gellner
Comparison fields: 5 of 167 Sociology and Political Science 4.6k Political Science and International Relations 3.3k Anthropology 1.3k Education 570 Cultural Studies 555 Demography 535 History 493 Philosophy 484 Economics and Econometrics 348 Social Psychology 322 Archeology 247 General Health Professions 241 Linguistics and Language 236 Language and Linguistics 226 Gender Studies 226 Geography, Planning and Development 207 Literature and Literary Theory 202 Communication 177 Clinical Psychology 164 Law 164 History and Philosophy of Science 149 Religious studies 147 Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 132 Urban Studies 124 Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 122 Strategy and Management 111 Development 111 Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 107 Paleontology 101 Food Science 84 Safety Research 83 Health 82 General Social Sciences 80 Finance 76 Public Administration 75 Visual Arts and Performing Arts 75 General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 67 General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 65 Accounting 61 Global and Planetary Change 56 Cognitive Neuroscience 51 Music 49 Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 47 Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 46 General Psychology 45 Artificial Intelligence 45 Genetics 41 Museology 40 Management Science and Operations Research 40 Classics 36 Information Systems 36 Soil Science 35 Marketing 33 Space and Planetary Science 31 Ecology 31 Developmental and Educational Psychology 30 Archeology 27 Management of Technology and Innovation 27 Psychiatry and Mental health 23 Plant Science 18 Nature and Landscape Conservation 18 Management Information Systems 16 Reproductive Medicine 15 Building and Construction 13 Atmospheric Science 12 Information Systems and Management 12 Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 11 Speech and Hearing 11 Applied Psychology 10 Computational Theory and Mathematics 10 Human Factors and Ergonomics 10 Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 10 Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management 9 Conservation 8 Physiology 8 Human-Computer Interaction 7 Pathology and Forensic Medicine 7 Infectious Diseases 7 Life-span and Life-course Studies 7 Astronomy and Astrophysics 6 Forestry 6 General Decision Sciences 6 Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 5 Pharmacy 5 Transportation 5 Media Technology 5 Nutrition and Dietetics 5 Mechanical Engineering 5 Computer Science Applications 5 Computer Networks and Communications 5 Epidemiology 5 Molecular Biology 4 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 4 Neurology 4 Occupational Therapy 4 Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 4 Business and International Management 4 Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 4 Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 4 Statistics and Probability 4 Research and Theory 4 Biomedical Engineering 4 Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology 3 General Arts and Humanities 3 Automotive Engineering 3 Transplantation 3 Geometry and Topology 3 Pollution 3 Complementary and alternative medicine 3 Environmental Engineering 3 Ocean Engineering 3 Health Information Management 3 Industrial relations 3 Theoretical Computer Science 3 Emergency Medical Services 3 Materials Chemistry 2 Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2 Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 2 Sensory Systems 2 Biochemistry 2 Pharmacology 2 Hematology 2 Health Informatics 2 Water Science and Technology 2 Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 Modeling and Simulation 2 Pharmacology 2 Cancer Research 2 Mathematical Physics 2 Issues, ethics and legal aspects 2 Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 1 Condensed Matter Physics 1 Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 Medical Laboratory Technology 1 Behavioral Neuroscience 1 Pharmaceutical Science 1 Rehabilitation 1 Insect Science 1 Control and Systems Engineering 1 Obstetrics and Gynecology 1 Toxicology 1 Family Practice 1 Signal Processing 1 Architecture 1 Genetics 1 Polymers and Plastics 1 Oncology 1 Clinical Biochemistry 1 Biomaterials 1 Earth-Surface Processes 1 Neurology 1 Geology 1 Analytical Chemistry 1 Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 Immunology 1 Developmental Biology 1 Molecular Medicine 1 General Energy 1 Surgery 1 Organic Chemistry 1 Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 1 Periodontics 1 Civil and Structural Engineering 1 Animal Science and Zoology 1 Energy Engineering and Power Technology 1 Dermatology 1 Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1
Sociology and Political Science 4.6k Political Science and International Relations 3.3k Anthropology 1.3k Education 570 Cultural Studies 555 E. J. Hobsbawm United Kingdom
Anthony D. Smith United Kingdom
Craig Calhoun United States
Lucian W. Pye United States
Jack Goody United Kingdom
Edward W. Said United States
Terence Ranger United Kingdom
Laurie J. Sears United States
Raymond Williams United States
John Comaroff United States
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All Works Load more (20 of 194) # Work Indexed citations 1 Selected philosophical themes
1 2 Nationalismus : Kultur und Macht
6 3 Segmentation: Reality or Myth?
2 4 Nationalismus und Moderne
15 5 The last Marxists
1994 · TLS, the Times literary supplement/Times literary supplement on CD-ROM/TLS. Times literary supplement · Ernest Gellner 2 6 Posmodernismo, razón y religión
2 7 Edward Said y los dobles raseros en torno al imperialismo
0 8 Pflug, Schwert und Buch : Grundlinien der Menschheitsgeschichte
3 9 What do we need now? Social anthropology and its new global context
1993 · TLS, the Times literary supplement/Times literary supplement on CD-ROM/TLS. Times literary supplement · Ernest Gellner 6 10 1992 · PROKLA Zeitschrift für kritische Sozialwissenschaft · Ernest Gellner 0 11 Nacionalismo y política en la Europa del Este
0 12 Der Islam als Gesellschaftsordnung
1992 · Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag eBooks · Ernest Gellner ,
(unknown) ,
(unknown) 9 13 Нации и национализм
9 14 CULTURA, IDENTIDAD Y POLÍTICA : EL NACIONALISMO Y LOS NUEVOS CAMBIOS SOCIALES
4 15 Leben im Islam : Religion als Gesellschaftsordnung
2 16 2 17 0 18 1 19 Independence in the central high Atlas
2 20 Explanations in History
1956 · Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume · Ernest Gellner ,
(unknown) 8
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